jia chen
i aspire to be a tree
i'm jia (佳)(jiā), and i'm 22.
i'm co-founding jam. any developer can run intelligent workflows by talking to ai @ spreadjam.com (backed by co-founder hugging face, co-founder cto lovable, and a16z scout fund)
i'm currently 29 days into solving rubik's cubes and at 28 seconds rn. next goal is 30. previously got to 36 seconds in 18 days.
previous stuff i did
- co-built sprint.dev. devtool distribution platform. 20k users in 5 months, 48k profit
- won 23 hackathons at places like yc, upenn, princeton
- 270k streams organically on spotify and apple music as an indie musician
- got 120 mil views on social media with 130k followers
- drone research at nasa usrc
- got software engineering infra offers from disney and intuit
current thoughts
may 10th, 2026, 11:17am pst
no pull-ups on sundays. new rubik's cube best: 28 seconds. day 9 of tan stack start
may 9th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 571 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total). day 8 of tan stack start. rubik's cube ao12: 45
may 8th, 2026, 10:00am pst
day 570 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total) +10 pound weight for half. day 7 of tan stack start
may 7th, 2026, 12:30pm pst
day 569 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total) +10 pound weight for half. day 6 of tan stack start
may 6th, 2026, 9:30am pst
day 568 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total) +10 pound weight for half. day 5 of tan stack start
may 5th, 2026, 9:00am pst
day 567 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total) +10 pound weight for half. day 4 of tan stack start
may 4th, 2026, 11:00am pst
day 566 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total) +10 pound weight for 20 of the 40. still learning oll and pll for rubik's cube (day 22)
may 1st, 2026, 10:00am pst
day 565 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total) +10 pound weight for 20 of the 40
april 30th, 2026, 1:00pm pst
day 564 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total) +10 pound weight for all today
april 29th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 563 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total). rubik's cube best: 36.87
april 28th, 2026, 1:00pm pst
day 562 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40 total). rubik's cube best: 43.8
april 27th, 2026, 1:10pm pst
day 561 of chin-ups and pull-ups
april 27th, 2026, 1:00pm pst
day 560 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, 40 total)
april 26th, 2026, 9:35pm pst
day 559 of chin-ups and pull-ups. rubik's cube best: 1:10
april 22nd, 2026
day 558 of chin-ups and pull-ups. rubik's cube best: 1:35
april 20th, 2026
day 557 of chin-ups and pull-ups (substituted for 40 pushups because too late gym wasn't open). started oll and pll
april 19th, 2026
day 556 of chin-ups and pull-ups. rubik's cube best: 1:19. started f2l
april 18th, 2026
day 555 of chin-ups and pull-ups. rubik's cube best: 1:20
april 7th, 2026, 7:15pm pst
day 554 of chin-ups and pull-ups
april 6th, 2026, 8:30pm pst
day 553 of chin-ups and pull-ups
april 4th, 2026, 11:42am pst
day 552 of chin-ups and pull-ups
april 3rd, 2026, 8:55pm pst
day 551 of chin-ups and pull-ups
april 2nd, 2026, 1:27pm pst
day 550 of chin-ups and pull-ups
april 1st, 2026, 10:08pm pst
day 549 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 31st, 2026, 7:33pm pst
day 548 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 30th, 2026, 12:19pm pst
day 547 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 28th, 2026, 9:44pm pst
day 546 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 27th, 2026, 2:51pm pst
day 545 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 26th, 2026, 8:06pm pst
day 544 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 25th, 2026, 2:15pm pst
day 543 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 14th, 2026, 1:08pm pst
day 542 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 12th, 2026, 10:06pm pst
day 541 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 11th, 2026, 9:57pm pst
day 540 - I FINISHED ALL 40 OF MY CHIN-UPS PULL-UPS
march 9th, 2026, 8:01pm pst
LOL I TRIED TO DO MY CHIN-UPS TODAY AND PHYSICALLY COULDN'T DO TWO LMFAOO 😭😭😭
march 8th, 2026, 9:47pm pst
today i was reminded that life is incredible. especially the little things.
march 5th, 2026, 1:52pm pst
day 539 of chin-ups and pull-ups. it is sunny in francisco today
march 4th, 2026, 2:41am pst
day 538 of chin-ups and pull-ups, and rethinking life
march 3rd, 2026, 9:20pm pst
day 537 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 2nd, 2026, 3:04pm pst
crying in the shower is cathartic. also day 536 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 1st, 2026, 12:11pm pst
i love my clawdbots
february 28th, 2026, 1:07am pst
we are staying up working auhgghgh
february 27th, 2026, 12:04am pst
day 535 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 26th, 2026, 11:19am pst
day 534 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 25th, 2026, 2:19pm pst
day 533 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 24th, 2026, 12:30pm pst
day 532 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 23rd, 2026, 11:29am pst
day 531 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 22nd, 2026, 5:31pm pst
statues
february 21st, 2026, 6:17pm pst
listening to intwo by notfriends :( and also berceuse rework
february 20th, 2026, 11:56am pst
day 530 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 19th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 529 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 18th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 528 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 17th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 527 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 16th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 526 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 15th, 2026, 3:40am pst
sunday no chin-ups. feeling confident about things
february 14th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
no chin-ups, today was launch day
february 13th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 525 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 12th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 524 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 11th, 2026, 11:18am pst
day 523 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 9th, 2026, 8:00pm pst
day 522 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 7th, 2026, 8:54pm pst
day 521 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 6th, 2026, 7:50pm pst
day 520 of chin-ups
february 5th, 2026, 9:42pm pst
day couldn't do chin-ups but i did 40 pushups instead
february 4th, 2026, 5:09pm pst
day 519 of chin-ups
february 3rd, 2026, 8:00pm pst
day 518 of chin-ups
february 2nd, 2026, 12:37pm pst
day 517 of chin-ups
february 1st, 2026, 4:26pm pst: beta day
january 31st, 2026, 1:09pm pst
day 516 of chin-ups
january 30th, 2026, 8:00pm pst
day 515 of chin-ups
january 29th, 2026, 1:28am pst: music and food
january 27th, 2026, 3:52am pst
day 514 of chin-ups 40 a day in a few hours